40 years old restauranteur commits suicide in Abakaliki

THE Ishielu Campus of Ebonyi State University (EBSU) Abakaliki was thrown into a sober mood on Friday after the body of a restauranteur, Emmanuel Igwe was found dangling on a tree in the area.

The residents discovered his body hanging from a tree behind a Pentecostal church along Highlander Street, Ishieke. The 40 -year- old man popularly known as Ezeugo, it was gathered, hails from Amechi Idodo in Enugu State. The Nation learnt that the residents quickly alerted the police who went to the scene and brought down Igwe’s corpse from the tree. The deceased is survived by his wife and four children.

His daughter, Uzoamaka Igwe told journalists that his father left their house as usual for his restaurant but later called her mother on the phone and told her to take care of the children.. According to the girl, her father did not respond to her mother questions but was unexpectedly found hanging on the tree.